A generic error occured in GDI+. Why is this exception being raised?

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I'm trying to convert HTML Text to a .bmp image. I'm using the following code for performing the operation.

C#

Bitmap m_Bitmap = new Bitmap(400, 600);
PointF point = new PointF(0, 0);
SizeF maxSize = new System.Drawing.SizeF(500, 500);

HtmlRenderer.HtmlRender.Render(Graphics.FromImage(m_Bitmap), "<html><head></head><body><p>This is a sh*tty html code</p><p>This is another html line</p></body>", point, maxSize);

m_Bitmap.Save(@"C:\Test.bmp");

"HtmlRenderer" is an external namespace that is being used here. However, I'm getting an exception at the "m_Bitmap.Save(@"C:\Test.bmp");" line that says : A generic error occured in GDI+.

I'm unable to understand why this exception is being raised when the same code is running perfectly in my colleague's system.

Please help. Thanks a lot.

Posted 12-May-13 5:01am

Amogh Natu

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Amogh Natu · Answer 1 · 2013-05-12T22:49:00

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Solved. As I was trying to save the image in the root directory (C:\), the program had to have admin privileges. I missed out on that earlier. When I ran the program with admin rights, it worked as expected.

Posted 12-May-13 22:49pm

Amogh Natu